Monuments to visit Martinique

Located on Place Bertin, where goods used to transit to and from ships docked in the port of Saint-Pierre, the Maison de la Bourse used to be the former chamber of commerce of Saint-Pierre.

Destroyed by the 1902 eruption, the current building, rebuilt identically by Gérard Jacqua, former Architect of the Bâtiments de France, appears as a true archetype of Creole architecture, witnessing the refinement and prosperity of Saint-Pierre at the end of the 19^th century. Today it houses the tourist office.

Developed under the Second Empire as a chic district of the capital away from the working-class Terres Sainville neighborhood, Giopeinture still maintains its bourgeois allure today. It's a pleasant place to stroll and look for vestiges of early ^20th-century Art Nouveau architecture. The Villa Primerose (1906-1920) was one of the most successful examples: this historic monument unfortunately burned down completely in July 2014.